Buddy Buddy

1981 film by Billy Wilder
Movie film Q1754858
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Buddy Buddy

Summary

Buddy Buddy is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (91 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Buddy Buddy's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Buddy Buddy's director is recorded as Billy Wilder[4].
  • Buddy Buddy's screenwriter is recorded as Billy Wilder[5].
  • Buddy Buddy's screenwriter is recorded as I. A. L. Diamond[6].
  • Buddy Buddy's screenwriter is recorded as Francis Veber[7].
  • Buddy Buddy's composer is recorded as Lalo Schifrin[8].
  • Buddy Buddy's genre is recorded as buddy film[9].
  • Buddy Buddy's based on is recorded as L'emmerdeur[10].
  • Buddy Buddy's cast member is recorded as Jack Lemmon[11].
  • Buddy Buddy's cast member is recorded as Walter Matthau[12].
  • Buddy Buddy's cast member is recorded as Paula Prentiss[13].
  • Buddy Buddy's cast member is recorded as Klaus Kinski[14].
  • Buddy Buddy's cast member is recorded as Dana Elcar[15].
  • Buddy Buddy's cast member is recorded as Joan Shawlee[16].
  • Buddy Buddy's cast member is recorded as Ed Begley, Jr.[17].
  • Buddy Buddy's cast member is recorded as Charlotte Stewart[18].
  • Buddy Buddy's cast member is recorded as Michael Ensign[19].
  • Buddy Buddy's cast member is recorded as Neile Adams[20].
  • Buddy Buddy's producer is recorded as Charles Matthau[21].
  • Buddy Buddy's production company is recorded as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[22].
  • Buddy Buddy's director of photography is recorded as Harry Stradling[23].
  • Buddy Buddy's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0082111[24].
  • Buddy Buddy's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[25].
  • Buddy Buddy's distribution format is recorded as video on demand[26].
  • Buddy Buddy's review score is recorded as 5.1/10[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Buddy Buddy's producer is recorded as Charles Matthau[21]. Its director is recorded as Billy Wilder[4]. Screenwriters include Billy Wilder[5], I. A. L. Diamond[6], and Francis Veber[7]. Cast members include Jack Lemmon[11], Walter Matthau[12], Paula Prentiss[13], Klaus Kinski[14], Dana Elcar[15], and Joan Shawlee[16].

Publication

Publication dates include +1981-01-01T00:00:00Z[28], +1982-04-01T00:00:00Z[29], +1981-12-11T00:00:00Z[30], and +1982-04-02T00:00:00Z[31]. Buddy Buddy's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[25]. Its genre is recorded as buddy film[9].

Reception

Reviews include 5.1/10[27] and 63%[32].

Why It Matters

Buddy Buddy ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (91 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Q18709181. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [32] . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] . Lexicon of international films. wikidata.org.
  29. [30] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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